Underframe for railway-cars.



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UNDERFRAWIE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. 1915.

'Patented Juni-120, 1916.

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APPLLCATION FILED AU(i.23. |915.

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NDJEEFRAME FUR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters atent. Patented um@ 2t), i916..

Application iiled. August 23, 1915. Serial 1W o. 46,885.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WINE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have made andinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Underframes forRailway-Cars, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates improvements in underframes for railway cars, andmore particularly to a reinforcing and strengthenlng means that may beapplied to the wooden center sills of freight cars to materiallystrengthen the same.

'llhe tendency toward longer and heavier trains naturally increases thesevere bufling and pulling stresses to which the cars are subjected,which often results in damaged cars, and it hasI become a commonpractice to remove the wooden center sills to which the draft rigging issecured, and substitute therefor steel center sills or steel underframesat comparatively great expense.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel construction adaptedfor use in the repair of wooden cars which have become damaged by bungshocks or severe strains, or to apply directly to wooden cars which arein good condition but which would in time become ldamaged bythe strainwhich they are now subjected to.

Another object of my invention is to provide a reinforcing means thatmay be readily applied and which will only necessitate the removal ofthe old wooden end sill,jack ing the car body 0H of the holsters andneedle beams and inserting the reinforcing means longitudinally of thecenter sills.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a reinforcing meansthat may be inserted .between the wooden center sills and will produce alower center of gravity of the section, which is greatly desired for tworeasons, first, it brings the neutral axis of the beam or member in linewith the coupler horn for buiiing, and second it reduces theeccentricity of the center line of the draft gear from the neutral axis.

Still another object of my inventlon is to provide a reinforcing meansthat is made up entirely of standard commercial bars .of steel orsections, and requires no special dies or machinery for its manufacture.

to new and useful Still another object of my invention is toy so jointhe sections that the rivets are located approximately of the neutralaxis ofv the member, thus'not having to punch the rivet holes throughthat part of the beam which is subjected to the tensile or compressionstrain.

Still other objects of my invention are to provide a reinforcing meanswhich is light 1n weight and providing a maximum of strength foraminimum amount of material used; to provide a reinforcing means thatwill be neat in appearance and readily assembled and cheap tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnew and novel constructions and combination of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims. l

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a fragmentary top plan view ofmy improved reinforcing means; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;Fig. 3 is an end view; Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on lines i-4t ofFig. l; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of a slightly modifiedform; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 7 is an end View ofthe same, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on lines 8 8 of Fig. 5.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that the reinforcingmeans is made up of four angle sections; two of the angles Il and 2formed with relatively long vertical legs or webs 3 and 4 and upperportions 0r flanges 5 and 6 which extend inwardly. Securely riveted tothese web portions are the other angle members 7 and 8, the webs ofthese angles 9 and 10 extending completely under the wooden center sills9 and 10. This reinforcing member is adapted to extend the entire lengthof the wooden center sills, and although only one end is shown, it willbe understood that the illustration and description of one end portionis a complete description and illustration of the remaining end portion.

By providing a wide bottom web which extends completely across thebottom of the wooden center sills, two advantages are obtained, in thatthe web reinforces the old wooden sills laterall and also renders theapplication of the evice to the car much more simple, as the web will beprovided riveted to the bottom webs 8 and 9, and -the with holes thatregister with the.I bolts that already extend vertically through thewooden sills, thus doing'away with the necessity of boring separate boltholes through the said sills. Furthermore the distribution of the metalin the bottom webs lowers the center of gravity of the center sills,

which as heretofore mentioned is greatly desired.

The draft arms 11 and 12 are securely low center of gravity of thesection by the use of the wide bottom webs brings the neutral axis ofthe beammember nearerin line with the coupler horn for buiiing. Securedto the ends of the angle members 1 and 2 are the reinforcing plates 13and. 14, which contact with'the tie plate 15. Also at different ointsthrou hout the length of the reini, ers are located separators 16,

orcmg mem which are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,

which separators may be of any desired shape or length and extend fromthe vertical flange of the bottom member on one s1de to the verticaliange on the other s1de, and

which separator may be solid or of stamped metal, the object being toadditionally reinforce the angles and guard against the transversestrains of the center sills. These separators 16 are securely riveted tothe.

members mentioned, and as many rivets being used as desired. Theseparators that are used over the bolster are of course provided with apassageway for the admission of the king 1n.

Re errin now to. the modified form shown'in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, itwill be seen that in this instance slightly diii'erently shaped angularmembers are used, as the members 19 and 20 when assembled in'this`instance form a structure box-like in cross section. Also securelyriveted to these members 19 and 20 are the sections 21 and 22 whichextend transversely across the center sills, but extend longitudinallyof the ycenter sills for only a portion of their length. The end plates23 and 24pm this instance .are secured to the inner sides of the members19 and 20 in contradistinction to the outer side as shown in Fig. 1. Byproviding angles of suicient weight it is possible to t reconstruct thewooden underframe of old cars and at the same t1me make them nearly asstrong and substantial as an all-steel underframe one, and at the sametime the expense far less than an all-steel underframe.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the structure er Ise may bequickly and readily assemb ed, and that-it may also be applied to thewooden center sills at a relatively small labor expense. 'Furthermorethe bottom webs are bolted tothe center sills, it being possible to usethe old bolts now in use, thus doing away with the expense of drillingadditional holes throughout the length of the center sillgfffurthermore,the lower center of gravity is obtained and the vposition of the -rivetsis such that the strength of the angles is not materially lessened.

Variations may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A reinforcement for wooden underframerailway cars, comprising angle members adapted when placed in positionto extend along the inner adjacent sides of the sills of the underframe,a second set of angle members the flan es of which are secured to thewebs of the rst mentioned angle members, and the webs of the second setof angle members extending outwardly, and means secured to the webs ofsaid second set of 86 angle members for the reception of a draft.

ear. g 2. A reinforced wooden underframe for railway cars, comprisingWooden center sills; angle members extendm along the inner 90 adJacentsides of said s, a second set of angle members extending throughout thelength of the wooden underframe the flanges of which are secured to thewebs of the first mentioned angle members and the webs of the second'set of angle members extending across the bottom of said center sills,said webs provided with a plurality of openings `therein, so that thesaid webs of said angle members may be secured to the said center sills,and members secured to the webs of said second set of angle members forthe reception of a draft gear.

f3. A reinforced wooden underframe for railway cars com rising woodencenter sills; angle bars exten 'n along the inner adjacent sides of saidsi s and throughout their length, the flanges of said angle membersextending inwardly, a second set of angle members extending the entirelength of the said wooden center sills, the anges of which are securedto the webs'of the iirst mentioned angle members, the webs of the secondset of said angle members extending across the bottom 'of said centersills and angular mem- 115 bers secured to the webs of` said secondangle members for supporting a draft gear.

Ll. A reinforcement for rai waycars having wooden center sillscomprising angle members adapted to extend alon the inner adjacent sidesof said wooden s' s and extending substantially throughout the lengthmedusa to extend across the bottom of the said center sills, and areinforcing means located between the said angle members and in aposition that will be above the bolster when said underframe is placedin its position.

5. A reinforcement forl wooden railway ears comprising two angularmembers positioned to form a box-like structure in cross section, 'asecond set of angular members' rst mentioned secured to the webs of theangular members and the webs of the same extending outwardly, andangular members secured to the outwardly extending webs of said lastmentioned angular members for and means secured to the webs Aof said set of angle members'tor the reception, ot a draft gear. t v

-7. A reinforced wooden underframeV for railway cars comprisingwoodencenter sills, angular means extendmg along the inner adjacent sides ofsaid sills and throughout their length, portions of said angular meansextending downwardly, a set of angle mem-" bers -extending substantiallythe entire length of thesaid wooden center sills, the anges of which aresecured to the downwardly extending portion of the said angular r means,the Vwebs of the said set of" said angle members extending across thebottom MIN of said center sills, and members secured to the webs ofsaidangle members for supporting a draft gear. y

Signed at Washington, D.. C., this 14th day of August, A. D. 1915.

Y WILLIAM nmnn Witnesses: i i

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ASun Maan-Unna.

